France Pays Angelina Jolie And Brad Pitt To Live In La Belle Epoch
BY now you’ll be wondering what ever happened to Angelina Jolie and Brad Piit.
What are they up to? How are their kids? Well, Anorak has tracked the reclusive and humble couple down to France, and news is that they have struck gold.
The Jolie-Pitts have a decent home (35 bedrooms), the nippers are at a decent school and the both are in gainful employment.
The Sun reports that “BRAD PITT” and “ANGELINA JOLIE” can claim £1,400 a month in child benefits. Why? “The couple are entitled to the sum for their six kids after registering France as their home.”
Fair dos. But: “But it is unlikely Angelina, 33, and Brad will claim the money.” Why? The Sun does not say. Maybe it’s because they are holding out for more?
Says Mayor Michael Latz of Correns in French: “They are ordinary and very kind.”
Translation: Please give generously…
Posted: 25th, August 2008 | In: Brandgelina, Celebrities, Money, Tabloids Comments (12) | Follow the Comments on our RSS feed: RSS 2.0 | TrackBack | Permalink
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August 26th, 2008 at 7:42 am
Mia Farrow did this fucking years ago! This isn’t new!
Thousands of people all over the World do this like the lady here on Anorak.
They just don’t make a song and dance about it.
The Jolie-Pitts have attracted the Press and this attracts ipublic nterest which gets people out of their comfort zones and makes them think about how many millions of children there are out there that need loving lasting home.
Carry on Brad and Angelina - Millions of kids may one day thank you for doing what came naturally to you both - wanting to share your love! X
August 26th, 2008 at 5:11 am
I was one of those children who languished in an orphanage in Florida.. a little too old, a liitle too psychologically bruised.. I am Caucasian and would have welcomed a placement with any decent family.
My first husband was Caucasian and we had one child, my second husband is Black and we have three children together. We also foster parented a Caucasian boy and two Black boys. When the children left for school it was literally a rainbow of colors that streamed from our front door… White, Black, and various shades of interracial kids… and it certainly did not seem “creepy” to us.
I wish that we had the financial resources that Angelina and Brad have; we had no financial help from anyone nor from the State, so we planted a hugh garden and grew about 20 different kinds of veggies. I also wish that we had a couple more hours in the day for more personal one-on-one attention. It required a lot of work and managing our finances carefully, but all in all, raising these children were the very best days of my life.
August 26th, 2008 at 2:06 am
Foster care systems tend to be quite controlling in many ways. Besides the fact that race, religion and “class” are taken into account there are issues like travel which are quite restrictive. Therefore if one has a job or travels frequently fostering is a non-option unless one is directly related to the child.
August 25th, 2008 at 9:48 pm
Pamela
It is the same in France, there are very few children available for adoption. Some people can wait for years, and never get a child.
August 25th, 2008 at 6:26 pm
M and A
Not a problem for us at all Pamela.
I hope that the Pitt- Jolies will use their high profile status and their financial resources to aid many children. There is only so much material care anyone needs, and for contentment it doesn’t have to be luxury either, just as and when necessary.
There are the unsung heroes such as Vonda too - and two friends of mine who foster/adopt difficult -to- place children, but its whats from the heart is the main thing, not what is cute for the camera.
We do do humour on here, but appreciate some things are just not funny
August 25th, 2008 at 5:27 pm
Terry, this is supposed to be a satirical site, and I fear I have very little sense of humor around the topic, but I can answer your questions seriously. First, no, I don’t find it “creepy” at all. As the parent of an internationally adopted child, I find what they are doing to be rather wonderful, although I do fear that too many children in any family–biological, adoptive, or whatever–may deprive them of the individual attention they need. So far, these children appear to be healthy, happy, and much loved.
As to your question about children in the US. It is true that there are tens of thousands of children in the American foster care system, but no matter its original intent, on a practical level our system favors the rights of abusive, neglectful, and/ or absent parents over the health and welfare of their offspring, meaning that far fewer of these children than one might imagine are actually available for adoption. By the time a parent’s chances at redemption are exhausted, his or her children have often “aged out” of the system or have developed such a profound sense of abandonment and detachment that they are no longer psychologically fit for placement in a family.
Further, although the vast majority of children in foster care are minorities and the vast majority of potential adoptive parents Caucasian, a series of laws and social welfare guidelines often prohibit their being matched. I, for instance, would not have been allowed to adopt a Black, Native American, or biracial child. Sadly, these children may languish their entire childhoods (ironically, often with white foster families) against the preference that they be adopted by non-existant parents who can
fully share their culture, propogating–in my opinion–the very problem the Jolie-Pitts seek to remedy. Same race parents are often encouraged to adopt these children via financial incentives, which often leads to further deprivation, neglect, and abuse at the hands of those who view them merely as a source of income.
In practice then, only a tiny percentage of the children in American foster care are TRULY adoptable, and these are almost always older children deemed as “special needs.” Yes, this couple has the financial resources to aid such children, and I believe they do that, but these are exactly the children who would be least well served by the fluid nature of entertainers’ schedules and an adolescence spent in the spotlight.
Could Brad and Angelina have arranged private adoptions of younger, racially varied children? Well, yes, probably so; they could have easily joined the ranks of wealthy potential parents whose attorneys broker for the newborns of their choice, but that would have profoundly diluted the message that we must, as individuals–not just governments–take responsibility for the children born of the world we have created.
It is also important to note that each country from which this couple has adopted has a fee structure such that the adoption of one child generally insures the care of several other children deemed unadoptable, whether because of serious health issues or the dependable presence of their biological families. This family’s visibility makes it more difficult to pretend that those kids don’t exist.
Everyone will not adopt, nor should they, but hopefully we can stop looking at this single family as odd and focus on helping in whatever way we can. Money is always welcome, but so are books, bottles, pencils, insect repellant, acetominophen, and thousands of other everyday items costing less than a dollar. Finding someone to accept your donation of time, money, or material is as easy as accessing this site.
I’m sorry to have consumed so much space, and without being funny at all, but I’ll try to redeem myself on another thread!
August 25th, 2008 at 5:19 pm
Leave them alone! I am a former foster parent who currently teaches special education and works a second job on weekends working with adults with disabilities. Also, my son has some mild CP with above average intelligence. My son is very active in wrestling. My daughter is into volleyball, basketball, church and practicing to be an actress someday. I never miss a moment in my very diverse life. When I was a foster parent, I had five children. Each child had different activities, appointments and friends; but we always found time to swim, hike, vacation and laugh together. I feel the only difference between me and Angelina is our bank accounts. It is all in our hearts. We don’t think about the impossible - We just do all we can for those we love and even some we don’t even know.
August 25th, 2008 at 4:41 pm
I believe that Angelina and Brad are doing a beautiful job!
August 25th, 2008 at 4:18 pm
Much as I risk being accused of “lightly offering up hostages to fortune” by old Mr Anorak is it just me or does anyone else find the spectacle of 2 of the richest most ridiculiously overpaid, indulged and spoilt people in the world parading around with their own personal united nations harvested from third world orphanages around the world well a bit creepy. Don’t get me wrong, they seem to be caring parents and good luck to the lucky little fellows. Lets face it they have in fact won the parenting equivalent of the national lottery - twice! But was it really neccessary to collect children from around the world like so many holiday souveniers. Aren’t there plenty of children worthy of their care and affection in France or the USA. I am happy that these kids have been rescued from poverty and now have a good home but frankly I feel uncomfortable about the whole thing. Perhaps a gaggle of adopted French or US children wouldn’t have quite the same media impact!
August 25th, 2008 at 3:00 pm
Will Angelita give the unwanted childbenefit to the mccanns?to look for Madeleine up to the moment Madeleine is a school leaver?
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(I cheated and I am here for 5 minutes only
August 25th, 2008 at 2:36 pm
Not a good idea; Anj is tooled up and not averse to shooting anyone she thinks is a threat to Brad and the nippers.
On second thoughts…
August 25th, 2008 at 2:28 pm
Have they met the McCanns yet?